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Coordinates:56°10′N10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W /56.167; -10.083

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German World War II submarine

History
U-249 after thesurrender of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Name	U-249
Ordered	5 June 1941
Builder	Germaniawerft,Kiel
Yard number	683
Laid down	23 January 1943
Launched	23 October 1943
Commissioned	20 November 1943
Fate	Surrendered on 10 May 1945 Scuttled on 13 December 1945 duringOperation Deadlight
General characteristics
Class and type	Type VIIC submarine
Displacement	769tonnes (757long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged
Length	67.23 m (220 ft 7 in)o/a 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in)pressure hull
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power	2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 ×diesel engines 2 ×electric motors
Speed	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in)torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 ×torpedoesor 26 TMAmines 1 ×8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun(220 rounds) 1 ×3.7 cm (1.5 in) Flak M42 AA gun 2 × twin2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft guns
Service record^[1]
Part of:	5th U-boat Flotilla 20 November 1943 – 8 May 1945
Identification codes:	M 54 401
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Rolf Lindschau 20 November 1943 – 16 July 1944 Oblt.z.S. Uwe Kock 17 July 1944 – 10 May 1945
Operations:	2 patrols: 1st patrol: a. 7 – 16 March 1945 b. 21 – 24 March 1945 2nd patrol: 3 April – 10 May 1945
Victories:	None

German submarineU-249 was aType VIIC U-boat ofNazi Germany'sKriegsmarine duringWorld War II. The submarine waslaid down on 23 January 1943 at theFriedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard atKiel as yard number 683,launched on 23 October 1943 andcommissioned on 20 November under the command ofOberleutnant zur See Rolf Lindschau.^[1]

In two patrols, she sank no ships.

She surrendered on 10 May 1945 and was sunk on 13 December as part of OperationDeadlight.

Design

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German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorterType VIIB submarines.U-249 had a displacement of 769 tonnes (757 long tons) when at the surface and 871 tonnes (857 long tons) while submerged.^[2] She had a total length of 67.10 m (220 ft 2 in), apressure hull length of 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in), abeam of 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and adraught of 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in). The submarine was powered by twoGermaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylindersupercharged diesel engines producing a total of 2,800 to 3,200 metric horsepower (2,060 to 2,350 kW; 2,760 to 3,160 shp) for use while surfaced, twoAEG GU 460/8–27double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower (550 kW; 740 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23 m (4 ft)propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).^[2]

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph).^[2] When submerged, the boat could operate for 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).U-249 was fitted with five 53.3 cm (21 in)torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteentorpedoes, one8.8 cm (3.46 in) SK C/35 naval gun, (220 rounds), one3.7 cm (1.5 in) Flak M42 and two twin2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft guns. The boat had acomplement of between forty-four and sixty.^[2]

Armament

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FLAK weaponry

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U-249 was mounted with a single3.7 cm Flakzwilling M43U gun on the rare LM 43U mount. The LM 43U mount was the final design of mount used on U-boats and is only known to be installed on U-boats (U-821,U-977,U-1023,U-1171,U-1305 andU-1306). The 3.7 cm Flak M42U was the marine version of the 3.7 cm Flak used by theKriegsmarine onType VII andType IX U-boats.U-249 was mounted with two2cm Flak C38 in a M 43UZwilling mount with short folding shield on the upperWintergarten.^[3] The M 43U mount was used on a number of U-boats (U-190,U-250,U-278,U-337,U-475,U-853,U-1058,U-1109,U-1023,U-1105,U-1165 andU-1306).

The single 3.7 cm Flak M42U gun on the LM 43U mount.
2 cm Flak C38 in a M 43U Zwilling mount with short folding shield.

Service history

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After training with the5th U-boat Flotilla at Kiel,U-249 remained with that organization for front-line service from 1 January 1945.

First patrol

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The boat's first patrol was preceded by a pair of short trips betweenKiel in Germany, andKristiansand andBergen in Norway. Her first sortie proper started with her departure from Bergen on 7 March 1945. It finished in the same port on 16 March. While sailing on another non-classifiable voyage, she shot aMosquito ofNo. 235 Squadron RAF down. The pilot was captured.

Second patrol and surrender

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She left Bergen on 3 April 1945^[4] and arrived atPortland, UK, flying the black flag of surrender on 10 May.^[5]

She was then briefly used by the British as the research shipN 86 before being transferred toLoch Ryan in Scotland for OperationDeadlight. She was sunk on 13 December 1945.^[1]

In May 2013 her officialvisitors' book, and Captain Kock's fixed-focusZeiss binoculars, taken asspoils of war by the British officer who commanded herprize crew, were shown on the BBC television seriesAntiques Roadshow by the officer's son, himself a former submarine captain, who used the binoculars during his career.^[5]

References

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^^a ^b ^cHelgason, Guðmundur."The Type VIIC boat U-249".German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved30 July 2012.
^^a ^b ^c ^dGröner 1991, pp. 43–46.
^Base on war-time photographs.
^Helgason, Guðmundur."War Patrols by German U-boat U-249".German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved30 December 2014.
^^a ^b"Chepstow Racecourse 1".Antiques Roadshow. Series 35. Episode 22. 5 May 2013.BBC. Retrieved5 May 2013.

Bibliography

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Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999).German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press.ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999).Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler.ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991).U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press.ISBN 0-85177-593-4.

External links

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Helgason, Guðmundur."The Type VIIC boat U-249".German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved26 December 2014.
Hofmann, Markus."U 249".Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 – u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved26 December 2014.

v t e Type VII submarines
Type VIIA	U-27 U-28 U-29 U-30 U-31 U-32 U-33 U-34 U-35 U-36
Type VIIB	U-45 U-46 U-47 U-48 U-49 U-50 U-51 U-52 U-53 U-54 U-55 U-73 U-74 U-75 U-76 U-83 U-84 U-85 U-86 U-87 U-99 U-100 U-101 U-102
Type VIIC	U-69 U-70 U-71 U-72 U-77 U-78 U-79 U-80 U-81 U-82 U-88 U-89 U-90 U-91 U-92 U-93 U-94 U-95 U-96 U-97 U-98 U-132 U-133 U-134 U-135 U-136 U-201 U-202 U-203 U-204 U-205 U-206 U-207 U-208 U-209 U-210 U-211 U-212 U-221 U-222 U-223 U-224 U-225 U-226 U-227 U-228 U-229 U-230 U-231 U-232 U-235 U-236 U-237 U-238 U-239 U-240 U-241 U-242 U-243 U-244 U-245 U-246 U-247 U-248 U-249 U-250 U-251 U-252 U-253 U-254 U-255 U-256 U-257 U-258 U-259 U-260 U-261 U-262 U-263 U-264 U-265 U-266 U-267 U-268 U-269 U-270 U-271 U-272 U-273 U-274 U-275 U-276 U-277 U-278 U-279 U-280 U-281 U-282 U-283 U-284 U-285 U-286 U-287 U-288 U-289 U-290 U-291 U-301 U-302 U-303 U-304 U-305 U-306 U-307 U-308 U-309 U-310 U-311 U-312 U-313 U-314 U-315 U-316 U-331 U-332 U-333 U-334 U-335 U-336 U-337 U-338 U-339 U-340 U-341 U-342 U-343 U-344 U-345 U-346 U-347 U-348 U-349 U-350 U-351 U-352 U-353 U-354 U-355 U-356 U-357 U-358 U-359 U-360 U-361 U-362 U-363 U-364 U-365 U-366 U-367 U-368 U-369 U-370 U-371 U-372 U-373 U-374 U-375 U-376 U-377 U-378 U-379 U-380 U-381 U-382 U-383 U-384 U-385 U-386 U-387 U-388 U-389 U-390 U-391 U-392 U-393 U-394 U-396 U-397 U-398 U-399 U-400 U-401 U-402 U-403 U-404 U-405 U-406 U-407 U-408 U-409 U-410 U-411 U-412 U-413 U-414 U-415 U-416 U-417 U-418 U-419 U-420 U-421 U-422 U-423 U-424 U-425 U-426 U-427 U-428 U-429 U-430 U-431 U-432 U-433 U-434 U-435 U-436 U-437 U-438 U-439 U-440 U-441 U-442 U-443 U-444 U-445 U-446 U-447 U-448 U-449 U-450 U-451 U-452 U-453 U-454 U-455 U-456 U-457 U-458 U-465 U-466 U-467 U-468 U-469 U-470 U-471 U-472 U-473 U-475 U-476 U-477 U-478 U-479 U-480 U-481 U-482 U-483 U-484 U-485 U-486 U-551 U-552 U-553 U-554 U-555 U-556 U-557 U-558 U-559 U-560 U-561 U-562 U-563 U-564 U-565 U-566 U-567 U-568 U-569 U-570 U-571 U-572 U-573 U-574 U-575 U-576 U-577 U-578 U-579 U-580 U-581 U-582 U-583 U-584 U-585 U-586 U-587 U-588 U-589 U-590 U-591 U-592 U-593 U-594 U-595 U-596 U-597 U-598 U-599 U-600 U-601 U-602 U-603 U-604 U-605 U-606 U-607 U-608 U-609 U-610 U-611 U-612 U-613 U-614 U-615 U-616 U-617 U-618 U-619 U-620 U-621 U-622 U-623 U-624 U-625 U-626 U-627 U-628 U-629 U-630 U-631 U-632 U-633 U-634 U-635 U-636 U-637 U-638 U-639 U-640 U-641 U-642 U-643 U-644 U-645 U-646 U-647 U-648 U-649 U-650 U-651 U-652 U-653 U-654 U-655 U-656 U-657 U-658 U-659 U-660 U-661 U-662 U-663 U-664 U-665 U-666 U-667 U-668 U-669 U-670 U-671 U-672 U-673 U-674 U-675 U-676 U-677 U-678 U-679 U-680 U-681 U-682 U-683 U-701 U-702 U-703 U-704 U-705 U-706 U-707 U-708 U-709 U-710 U-711 U-712 U-713 U-714 U-715 U-716 U-717 U-718 U-719 U-720 U-721 U-722 U-731 U-732 U-733 U-734 U-735 U-736 U-737 U-738 U-739 U-740 U-741 U-742 U-743 U-744 U-745 U-746 U-747 U-748 U-749 U-750 U-751 U-752 U-753 U-754 U-755 U-756 U-757 U-758 U-759 U-760 U-761 U-762 U-763 U-764 U-765 U-766 U-767 U-768 U-771 U-772 U-773 U-774 U-775 U-776 U-777 U-778 U-779 U-821 U-822 U-825 U-826 U-901 U-903 U-904 U-905 U-907 U-921 U-922 U-923 U-924 U-925 U-926 U-927 U-928 U-951 U-952 U-953 U-954 U-955 U-956 U-957 U-958 U-959 U-960 U-961 U-962 U-963 U-964 U-965 U-966 U-967 U-968 U-969 U-970 U-971 U-972 U-973 U-974 U-975 U-976 U-977 U-978 U-979 U-980 U-981 U-982 U-983 U-984 U-985 U-986 U-987 U-988 U-989 U-990 U-991 U-992 U-993 U-994 U-1051 U-1052 U-1053 U-1054 U-1055 U-1056 U-1057 U-1058 U-1101 U-1102 U-1131 U-1132 U-1161 U-1162 U-1191 U-1192 U-1193 U-1194 U-1195 U-1196 U-1197 U-1198 U-1199 U-1200 U-1201 U-1202 U-1203 U-1204 U-1205 U-1206 U-1207 U-1208 U-1209 U-1210
Type VIIC/41	U-292 U-293 U-294 U-295 U-296 U-297 U-298 U-299 U-300 U-317 U-318 U-319 U-320 U-321 U-322 U-323 U-324 U-325 U-326 U-327 U-328 U-691 U-827 U-828 U-929 U-930 U-995 U-997 U-998 U-999 U-1000 U-1001 U-1002 U-1003 U-1004 U-1005 U-1006 U-1007 U-1008 U-1009 U-1010 U-1011 U-1013 U-1014 U-1015 U-1016 U-1017 U-1018 U-1019 U-1020 U-1021 U-1022 U-1023 U-1024 U-1025 U-1063 U-1064 U-1065 U-1103 U-1104 U-1105 U-1106 U-1107 U-1108 U-1109 U-1110 U-1163 U-1164 U-1165 U-1166 U-1167 U-1168 U-1169 U-1170 U-1171 U-1172 U-1271 U-1272 U-1273 U-1274 U-1275 U-1276 U-1277 U-1278 U-1279 U-1301 U-1302 U-1303 U-1304 U-1305 U-1306 U-1307 U-1308
Type VIID	U-213 U-214 U-215 U-216 U-217 U-218
Type VIIF	U-1059 U-1060 U-1061 U-1062
Preceded by:Type II Followed by:Type IX List of U-boats of Germany

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in December 1945
Shipwrecks	1 Dec:USS Bellona,U-826,U-1004,U-1061,U-1104 3 Dec:U-994 4 Dec:U-218,U-299,U-539,U-777 5 Dec:U-1005 7 Dec:U-245,U-907,U-1019 8 Dec:U-485,U-773,U-775,U-1203,U-1271,U-1272 9 Dec:U-532,U-1052,U-1307 11 Dec:U-716,U-978,U-991,U-1163 13 Dec:Empire Tigaven,HMSN 86,U-255,U-293,U-295,U-760,U-997,U-1002 16 Dec:U-483,U-739,U-928,U-992,U-1009,U-1301 17 Dec:U-368,U-779,U-956,U-1198,U-1230 20 Dec:U-291 21 Dec:U-149,U-150,U-155,U-318,U-427,U-637,U-720,U-806,U-1102,U-1110 22 Dec:U-143,U-145,U-1194,U-2354 23 Dec:Duncan L. Clinch 27 Dec:Empire Tigawa,U-313 28 Dec:U-680 29 Dec:USS Minivet,U-390,U-930,U-1022,U-1233 30 Dec:Lambridge,U-1103,U-1165 31 Dec:U-294,U-363,U-668,U-802,U-861,U-874,U-875,U-883,U-2341 Unknown date:USS Industry
Other incidents	11 Dec:I-201 30 Dec:Éridan
194419451946 November 1945

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